MHI H3 RAMSES

Name: MHI H3 RAMSES
Start: 2028-04-20T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2

H3 rocket used for the RAMSES space launch

Status

TBD

Date

20 APR 2028

00:00

Launch Provider

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Launch Pad

Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2

Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

Mission Overview

European Space Agency mission to rendezvous with asteroid Apophis before its close fly-by of Earth.

Rocket

Mission Type

Robotic Exploration

Orbit

Asteroid

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

The H3 Launch Vehicle is an expendable launch system in development in Japan. H3 rockets are liquid-propellant rockets with strap-on solid rocket boosters and are planned to be launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. Mitsubishi and the JAXA have been responsible for the design, manufacture, and operation of the H3.

Height

63 m

Diameter

5.27 m

Launch Mass

574 T